Last weekend the OH and a few crazy friends of his set out for a weekend in Scotland to climb a couple of mountains if they could. It was forecast to be an awful weekend with hail, rain and high winds. Just the sort of weather you want to go climbing a mountain in…not.
Well not in my case but he cam back buzzing and full of how amazing it all was. The pictures they were sending back just made me feel cold to look at them! But i knew the OH was prepared. A large portion of his degree was outdoor education and i sometimes forget until he goes away like this and the crampons, ice-axes, and ropes appear from the loft. He was also travelling to Scotland on Burns night and although i think they might have thought it was fun to go and have a dance at the hotel cedilah. It ended up with them getting a take-away and falling asleep from the tiredness from all that activity!
Here are some of the pics from the weekend..these are obviously not mine and are the work of our friend Will. Who had the quick mindedness to snap some shots as it seems that my OH didn’t take a single one. tsk tsk 🙂
Those of us left back at the ranch so to speak were also being blessed with a weekend of crazy weather and we spent a lot of saturday and sunday dodging the hail and the rain. On Sunday afternoon in a bid for some outdoor time, myself and the other ‘scottish widow’ decided to head out to a park and play a quick game of rounders. Which was going well until as we arrived the biggest black cloud showed up and we got pelted with hail for 30 seconds or more.
I think the kids thought we were crazy when we just told them to hide under a tree! My youngest was pleading with me ‘i want to go home!’
But we chivvied them along and found a large fallen tree to play on, which of course was now very slippery!
But we did eventually get our game of rounders and the kids could burn off some steam. Once the game had started thoughts of going home seemed to leave their minds and they got stuck into the game. It wasn’t a long game but we had achieved a little outdoors and whilst it wasnt the trek up the side of a scottish mountain in the snow that their Dad’s were doing. It felt like a lot of a victory to us two mums and our, between us, eight kids!!
Wow that looks so pretty, and very very cold! Nice little adventure despite the weather.
Wow, Scottish mountain climbing-that is epic! We also hot caught up in the hail. My son was not happy at all but we felt rather proud of ourselves for getting out though. Sounds like we had a similar time 🙂
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Wow, those mountain pics look brilliant – quite the adventure! Nice that you managed to get a bit of fresh air, too, and burn up some energy!
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Wow, how my kids would love to be with all that snow! Mich x
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The mountains looks beautiful but bleak, well done to OH and his friends. What fun you had with the children at the park, and you’re right to stick at it and dodge the showers – they all had a great time in the end. Thanks for linking up and sharing with Country Kids.
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Wow that snow looks incredible – well done him!! x
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your other half is nuts!! i much prefer you weeks sport of choice with a good game of rounders!
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Glad your OH came home safe after climbing in the weather w shave been having. I love that you got together with another family for some rounders, it can be hard to get the kids enthusiastic about being outdoors but sounds like you managed it eventually 🙂 #countrykids
Love that heading, Daddy went to climb a mountain. As you do! Must have been a great experience for him albeit a tad nippy! Sounds like you had lots of fun on the ground and you can’t beat a game of rounders 🙂
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Lovely photos of the snow. But I just love sun and shadows over the game of rounders – it looks almost summery, if it wasn’t for the bare trees xx
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Perhaps the hail was a message from the snowy mountains! What an amazing adventure for your husband and a great way to release some energy with the kids. LOL eight between the two of you!
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Unsurprisingly this appeals to me! Have never been on a mountain walking in snow like that, would love to have a proper adventure.
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